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India’s Father Kuriakose Chavara and Sis...

India’s Father Kuriakose Chavara and Sister Euphrasia canonised by Pope in ...

Two Kerala-born Indian Catholics Father Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia were canonized by Pope Francis on Sunday at St Peter’s Square in Vatican. Back in Kerala, special prayers and meetings were held in all places linked to the life and death of Chavara and Euphrasia. A large number... read more »

Iran nuclear deal: Deadline day brings t...

Iran nuclear deal: Deadline day brings talk of extension

Negotiators in Vienna, Austria, are set to make a final push to try to reach a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme ahead of a 23:00 GMT deadline. They said earlier “serious gaps” remained, suggesting that an extension could be agreed instead. World powers – the US, UK, Russia,... read more »

PM Narendra Modi expects fruitful cooper...

PM Narendra Modi expects fruitful cooperation from opposition; praises them...

Winter session of Parliament beginning today is all set to be a contentious affair with several Opposition parties deciding to oppose the insurance bill and corner the government on black money issue. Left parties, Trinamool Congress, JD(U), RJD, Samajwadi Party and BSP have decided to make a... read more »

Senior Congress leader Murli Deora dead

Senior Congress leader Murli Deora dead

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Murli Deora, 77 passed away early morning on Monday after a prolonged illness. The veteran leader died at 3:25am. He is survived by his wife and two son sons including former Congress MP and minister Milind Deora. Senior Congress leader and former... read more »

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Main Patna terror suspect in custody, another critical

Main Patna terror suspect in custody, another critical

Patna – Mohammad Imtiaz Ansari, one of the two terror suspects arrested for serial blasts in Patna, was Tuesday sent to judicial custody by a court here while a second terror suspect is... read more »

We will battle communal forces, says Nitish

Special status for Bihar is our right, not charity...

Rajgir –  Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the demand for special status for Bihar is the right of the people of the state, and not... read more »

Centre alerted Bihar govt., says Shinde

Centre alerted Bihar govt., says Shinde

The Centre on Tuesday said it had alerted the Bihar government about possible terror attack on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s rally in... read more »

SC orders Sahara Group to hand over Rs.20,000 crores wo...

SC refuses to pass order allowing Subrata Roy to go abroad

New Delhi – The Sahara Group has been ordered by the Supreme Court to hand over title deeds of properties worth Rs.20,000 crore to the Securities and... read more »

Five injured in bomb blast in Imphal

Five injured in bomb blast in Imphal

Imphal – Five persons were on Tuesday injured when militants exploded a powerful bomb in a market complex in Imphal. The bomb exploded closer to... read more »

Patna: Locals blame police as 33 killed in Dussehra stampede, high level probe ordered

Patna: At least 33 people have been killed and several injured in a stampede that took place during Dusshera celebrations on Friday night. Soon after the incident, the locals blamed the... read more »

Renault plans on entering used car business next year in India

French carmaker Renault gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market post launch of the Duster compact SUV in the country. Apart from launching new cars in the country, reports have also... read more »

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Tech giant Yahoo has acquired mobile messaging app MessageMe, with hopes to chip into the WhatsApp dominated messaging app market. The deal is reported to be in the double digit millions... read more »

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account of a hefty drop in non-US... read more »

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos meets PM Narendra Modi

Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said. Bezos, who is in India for a visit, had earlier termed India an amazing... read more »